New Mother In Critical Condition After Car Plunges Into Dam

She was on her way to visit her premature baby in hospital
- bymarie claire

28 Nov
2016

A mother who had recently welcomed a premature son is now fighting for her own life after her husband drove their car into a dam.

Kerry Budding and her husband Phil were driving to visit their son Jack, who is still in hospital after being born premature just two weeks ago, when their car veered off the road in Healesville, Victoria, and into the dam.

Mr Budding reportedly pulled his wife from the car and when emergency services arrived they performed CPR before she was airlifted to Royal Melbourne Hospital where she remains in a critical condition.

The man was taken into police custody after the incident but was later released without charge.

Investigations into how the car came to be submerged are still underway.